Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1887-06-18
Erin, Tenn, June II, 1887.

One OF the CHRONICLE printers who re-
maks that tour Erin editors story OF the drin
and blow-up sounds somehow familiar, like
Twain-told tale" (see CHRoNIcLE, June II,
18S7-seventh page. near bottom OF fourth col.
umn) Is respectfully and simply referred for
answer TO same number, third page. sentence
commenting &C bottom Of first column and
continued on top second column, "Houston
County Department" Ferbum SAT.
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1t will be two months steady work TO count
t. money In the United States treasury
dNvTer. Journal.
IL would require much experience derived
from constont practice counting ones own
money 10 count IL In a much shorter time.
We know Of only few men that could prob.
ably do IL ve deficit Jay Could Vanderbilt,
Mackey and-we could mention a fourth, but
modesty forbids 1t.
The special telegram from Atlanta, Ca, pro-
fesses TO unearth scheme Of the Republican
leaders to divide the Solid South. He makes
one OF them say: at has been slowly dawn.
ing upon the Republican leaders that the
elections can no longer be carried on sectional
issues" and therefore he adds, "now the plan
Is TO strike for the South" Mr. sherman Ia
sent 10 the South, sees Malone (ocnone y and
compliments Taylor and the Southern people
NJ NhsnNlllc. Iuen w. ~. kflB-lTOHD htilcy
makes clever appeal to the Democrats OF
Georgia, at Rome, &C., &c, &C.
"'Will you walk into my parlor p said the
spider TO the fly"
And then John Sherman goes to Springfield
and knocks the bottom out OF all this scheme
Democrats Of the South shall Columbia" and
waving the bloody shit most frantically
The scheme won't work worth cent
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Mr.. q. w. Buford, OF Dover, was in Erin
last Saturday and Sunday,
i A fisticuff fight occurred at the gravel phi
'ahis side OF Danville between MIR Matt COZ
nor, Of Erin, and Mr.. Jim Durham, on Friday
evening, the I'd inst Neither the services o.
doctor nor of an undertaken were necessary
afterwards in consequence oft
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Colonel @. T"Abernathy, OF Montgomery
county, accompanied by his family, was in
town last week on a visit of several days L
his son, DIR. g. T. Alternately and family. Hs
returned home on Monday.
The Masonic fraternity celebrated with the
honors of the craft, on Sunday last, near Con
COiut VI w bitc Yam tiO ANhSioA OboS1uiO "
Mr. w. o. Hamilton, a Master Mason who
died In October, 1886. The funeral sermon
was preached by Rev. VIM. Cooley, Cumber
land Presbyterian minister.
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Mr.. George Rector, of Weakly county
Tenn, has been on visit for several days t.
his aunt, Mrs. Nancy Lewis, the mother o
Mr.. w. j. Hawkins, of this county, who llvel
en- Long Branch. He expects to remain fol
about two months.
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An old negro woman named villa Jarnegar
was found speechless on the bank of th'
creek, at the wash tub on Fork Branch, OF
Thursday last. She died the next day. Sh,
. remained in comatose state until she died
and could not explain what was the matte
with her. She is supposed to have been strucl
by lightning,
The brass band were out serenading on Sat
urday night last. We acknowledge our obi
a cations to them for nice serenade. The,
tNpay remarkably we'll for the length Of tim
they have been practiclng.
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